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Melrose to get ‘candy store for supercars’
Mark Smyth took a tour of the site of the new Daytona Group facility at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg
Luxury and exotic cars are about to get a new landmark home showcasing not just the best in automotive design and engineering, but local and international architecture and interior design too. This week Motor News joined CEO of Daytona Group Justin Divaris for a tour of the building site that will soon become the new home of Aston Martin, McLaren, Pagani and Rolls-Royce in Melrose Arch. It will see all the brands move from the home they have occupied in Sandton since 2005 to a new, purpose-built facility in a R2bn building that will also be the site of the first Marriott hotel in SA, luxury apartments and retail space. The hotel and apartments will only open in July 2019, but Daytona is set to take ownership of its space in May as it begins the massive job of fitting out more than 8,000m2 of space, 4,000m2 of which is showroom space and another 4,000m2 for the individual service areas dedicated to each brand. Describing the facility as a "candy store for supercars" Divaris says it w...
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